GRE Word List
FRISK
to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets
The meaning of the word frisk is to search (a person) for something (such as a concealed weapon) by running the hand rapidly over the clothing and through the pockets.
Random words
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cherubic | an order of angels see celestial hierarchy |
laconic | using or involving the use of a minimum of words : concise to the point of seeming rude or mysterious |
decoy | a pond into which wildfowl are lured for capture |
sleek | slick |
consanguineous | of the same blood or origin |
misnomer | the misnaming of a person in a legal instrument |
superimpose | to place or lay over or above something |
aloft | at or to a great height |
casual | subject to, resulting from, or occurring by chance |
surrogate | one appointed to act in place of another : deputy |